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Chapter 666

Chapter 0666

Nina

After Daphne's swift departure, I stood alone in the forest clearing, the whisper of leaves and distant birdcalls my only companions.

The realization that she knew more than she was letting on about the yellow-eyed wolf weighed heavily on me. Her help could be instrumental in figuring out whoever was stalking me and my friends, but she was tight-lipped and unwilling to offer her services. I walked back to my car, lost in thought, the gravel crunching under my feet as I replayed our conversation in my mind.

As I drove home, the quiet streets of Mountainview seemed distant and unimportant. My mind was elsewhere, tangled in whatever web had been formed by the yellow-eyed wolf.

And yet, when I pulled into the driveway and hopped out of the car, the sound of laughter reached my ears. Furrowing my brow, I circled around the side of the house and spotted my mother and Tyler in the pool, tossing a beach ball back and forth.

"Oh, look who it is," my mother called out, her eyes shaded by sunglasses. "Where'd you run off to this moming?" I shrugged. "Just needed a little 'me' time," I said vaguely.

"Understandable," my mother said, leaning on the edge of the pool. "Why don't you come in for a swim? It's supposed to be a scorcher today."

"Oh, I don't know-

that I always found impossible to ignore." The water's nice. Besides, aren't pregnant

mother scolded, splashing

help but laugh. "Alright, alright," I said.

while later, dressed in my bikini, I was stepping into the cool pool water. The sun had risen high into the sky by now, and my mom had been right; it was a hot one

summer went on.

around her like a halo. She looked so content, so at peace, that it made my heart swell. I couldn't remember the last time I

did something like this," I

used to take you and Tyler to the YMCA all

brow, struggling to remember. My mom, noticing, laughed.

nodded slowly as I paddled circles around my

you something?" I

replied.

seem so much happier lately," I said softly while Tyler splashed

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